Peter Olsted
(1824 - 1887)
Peter Ivar Johannes Olsted, 1824-87, painter. Born Oct. 6, 1824 in Copenhagen, died July 27, 1887 same place, buried in Frederiksberg (Solbjerg Churchyard). Parents: Distiller, later cafeowner Rasmus Iversen Olsted and Marie Sorensdatter. Married: April 27, 1852 in Copenhagen to Ida Henriette Schmidt, born Nov. 9, 1828 in Copenhagen, died April 11, 1916 at Frederiksberg, daughter of master painter Carl Gottlieb Schmidt and Margrethe Eiser. Education: Painter's apprentice one month 1842; accepted at the Academy Jan. 1841; was promoted to the Plaster school March 1843; to the Model school 1844; attended the latter till spring of 1849; student of J. L. Lund. Scholarships: Academy 1864. Exhibitions: Charlottenborg 1849-50, 52-70, 72-82; Nord. Exh. 1872; Nov. 18 Exh. 1882. Works: Tearoom at Sorqenfri (1852 watercolour, Frederiksborg); Koldinq Fiord 1860, View of the Forum, and landscape (all 3 earlier in Joh. Hansen’s collection); View af Holbeak (ca. 1865, Museum for Holbeak and Environs); The Barrierhouse at Langebro (ca. 1872, pen and ink, Bymuseet); Landscapes with motifs from Jylland and Sjaelland; works in the Oregaard Museum; earlier Joh. Hansen's collection of watercolours; Kobstaedernes Samling, Bymuseet, and Koldinghus (Drawings)." Red.